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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 160, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 15, 2003Clay County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2003, 9:14 AM EST for Clay County, Indiana. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 15, 2003, 9:14 AM EST (14:14 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 2003, 10:00 AM EST
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Clay County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 15, 8:35 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 148 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2535 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -159 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1020 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 355 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 387 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 18.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

290 
WUUS53 KIND 151414
SVRIND
INC021-151500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
914 AM EST TUE JUL 15 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 1000 AM EST

* AT 912 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER STAUNTON...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF TERRE
  HAUTE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BRAZIL AT 920 AM EST
  CENTER POINT AT 935 AM EST
  CLAY CITY AT 945 AM EST

VERY LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN
EMERGENCY.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN INDIANAPOLIS.

LAT...LON 3951 8725 3954 8722 3960 8722 3961 8703
          3934 8704 3933 8706 3921 8706 3918 8723

$$
HAINES

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 15, 2:35 AM EST, 6 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 2:35 AM EST, 6 hours 39 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
235 AM EST TUE JUL 15 2003

FORECAST FOCUS IS CHANCE OF PRECIP TODAY.

EARLY THIS MORNING THE REMNANTS OF A DECAYING MCS WERE OVER IA/WI
AND MOVING SE.  AT THIS TIME FOR CENTRAL INDIANA ALL THAT WILL
AMOUNT TO IS SOME CLOUDS.  AT 06Z CDFNT WAS OVR CENTRAL IA.

MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT AND WILL USE A BLEND.  H5 HI PRES OVR 4
CORNERS REGION IS FIRMLY PARKED IN PLACE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.  AS
TROF OVER THE NORTHERN CONUS TRAVELS EAST...THIS HI OVR THE 4
CORNERS PREVENTS THE TROF FROM SINKING TOO FAR SOUTH.  THIS KEEPS
ALL OF THE BETTER DYNAMICS OVR THE GTLKS.  THERE WILL STILL BE A
CHANCE FOR TSRA OVR CENTRAL INDIANA AS SWLY FLOW HAS INCREASED
DEWPOINTS...CAPES ARE IN THE 3000 J/KG RANGE AND FRONT WILL BE
PASSING THROUGH THIS AFTN.  FORECAST PWATS ARE IN THE 1.8-2.0 RANGE
SO HEAVY RAIN IS A POSSIBILITY ALTHOUGH SHORT LIVED.  FAR SOUTHWEST
CORNER OF CWA IS IN SLIGHT RISK FOR THIS AFTERNOON WHERE UPPER FLOW
IS MORE DIFFLUENT.  WILL KEEP POPS IN CHANCE CAT FOR THIS AFTN.

FOR TEMPS...LOOKS LIKE PREFRONTAL COMPRESSION WILL PUSH TEMPS
SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN GUIDENCE FOR TODAY.

.IND...NONE.

SALLY

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 5:48 AM EST, 3 hours 26 minutes before

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-161100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
548 AM EST TUE JUL 15 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO CENTRAL INDIANA THIS MORNING AND THEN AGAIN THIS
AFTERNOON.  SOME OF THE STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH
DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL THE MAIN THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY
MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY LATER THIS MORNING AND AGAIN
THIS AFTERNOON.
&&
MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING URL...

HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/IND (ALL LOWER CASE)

SALLY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 15, 8:16 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke	29 min
Jul 15, 8:54 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Parke, Vigo	51 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.